Lamellodysidea herbacea

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 85 records
February: 37 records
March: 21 records
April: 26 records
May: 68 records
June: 31 records
July: 27 records
August: 22 records
September: 34 records
October: 47 records
November: 23 records
December: 26 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–14 m · Deepest record: 40 m

0–10 m: 43 records
10–20 m: 76 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 29 records
26–28 °C: 104 records
28–30 °C: 96 records

Photos

(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thibaud Aronson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ヒラツチイロカイメン

Other scientific names: Carteriospongia cordifolia, Dysidea herbacea, Dysideopsis palmata, Dysideopsis topsenti, Phyllospongia complex, Phyllospongia cordifolia, Spongelia delicatula, Spongelia herbacea

Similar species

Brittle horny sponge
Dysidea fragilis
Pink sponge
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Crater sponge
Dysidea arenaria
Dysidea frondosa
Dysidea granulosa

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
320 open-data records from 1889 to 2013.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.